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A report by The Intercept wants you to forget about all of the accolades that Siri, Alexa, and other modern speaker recognition services have been receiving, as the NSA has been playing that game since 2006 with technologies far more advanced. Snowden-leaked documents discuss techniques such as voiceprinting, which offers near-instantaneous identification.
The classified documents, dating from 2004 to 2012, show the NSA refining increasingly sophisticated iterations of its speaker recognition technology. They confirm the uses of speaker recognition in counterterrorism operations and overseas drug busts. And they suggest that the agency planned to deploy the technology not just to retroactively identify spies like Pelton but to prevent whistleblowers like Snowden.
The classified documents, dating from 2004 to 2012, show the NSA refining increasingly sophisticated iterations of its speaker recognition technology. They confirm the uses of speaker recognition in counterterrorism operations and overseas drug busts. And they suggest that the agency planned to deploy the technology not just to retroactively identify spies like Pelton but to prevent whistleblowers like Snowden.